Howard County School System Announces Vaccine Guidelines For Student-Athletes, Visitors and Others

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ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (WJZ) — The Howard County Public School System connected Friday announced caller vaccine and investigating guidelines for student-athletes, visitors and different members of the public.

Starting with wintertime sports, precocious schoolhouse athletes volition person to supply impervious of vaccination–which tin see a scan oregon representation of the vaccine paper oregon documentation from the state’s tract ImmuNet–or taxable to play testing.

Vaccine verification indispensable beryllium submitted nary aboriginal than Thursday, Nov. 11.

Community groups that usage schoolhouse buildings aft the schoolhouse day, specified arsenic PTA groups and boosters, volition besides person to supply impervious of vaccination oregon taxable to play testing.

Vaccine and investigating protocols volition not beryllium enforced for students and spectators during extracurricular activities, specified arsenic concerts, plays and clubs, but cosmopolitan masking volition beryllium required during those events.

To forestall the imaginable dispersed of the virus, parents and guardians volition not beryllium allowed to be spelling bees, assemblies, tract days and different activities during the schoolhouse day.

The afloat station of updates tin beryllium viewed here.

On Aug. 12, School System Superintendent Dr. Michael J. Martirano announced each employees would person to supply impervious of vaccination oregon taxable to play testing.

In their Oct. 1 update, schoolhouse officials said play investigating for full- and part-time unit volition statesman connected the week of Oct. 11. There volition beryllium investigating sites astatine each of the county’s 12 precocious schools, and staffers tin get tested earlier oregon aft the schoolhouse day.

“As we advancement done the schoolhouse year, the schedule, including tract locations and times, whitethorn set to conscionable changing demands,” officials said.

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